Semiotics in Wayang Topeng Tengger Show

DOI

10.2991/soshec-18.2018.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Wayang Topeng Tengger, semiotics, icons, indices, and symbols.

Abstract

This study aims to find and describe signs and their meaning contained in Wayang Topeng Tengger show. Wayang Topeng Tengger is the art of wayang performances by people who wear masks. Although performed by people, the people only dance based on the role of the character they play and do not make any dialogue one another. The puppet plays a very important role, namely narrates the story or plays with dialogues or narratives. Wayang Topeng Tengger contains many signs, which include icons, indices, and symbols. The icon consists of three types, i.e. the topology icon, the diagrammatic icon, and the metaphor icon. The results of this study contribute to the science of culture in general and semiotics in particular as well as a medium of excavation, preservation and development of Wayang Topeng Tengger show art.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Resdianto Permata Raharjo
AU  - Setya Yuwana Sudikan
AU  - Budi Nuryanta
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - Semiotics in Wayang Topeng Tengger Show
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities through Language, Culture, and Education (SOSHEC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 86
EP  - 89
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/soshec-18.2018.18
DO  - 10.2991/soshec-18.2018.18
ID  - PermataRaharjo2018/07
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